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Freedom Trains Isabel Wilkerson’s masterly account of the Great Migration tells the story of the six million African-Americans who moved away from the South between 1915 and 1970. More Info |
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Simian Says Sara Gruen’s busy novel, which concerns six bonobos and the people who conduct language studies with them, addresses a vast sweep of animal-human issues. More Info |
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Bringing It All Back Home The historian Sean Wilentz situates Bob Dylan in a long continuum of American music, literature, religion and politics. More Info |
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Worlds in Collision A Brahmin astrophysicist and his Dalit assistant are the interdependent poles of Manu Joseph’s novel. More Info |
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Hannibal Rising A history of the Battle of Cannae in 216 B.C., where Hannibal obliterated the Roman army. More Info |
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Lost Tribe A New Yorker travels to Israel to make amends with her settler sister in this novel about American Jews in the Holy Land. More Info |
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Living in Your Head Charles Yu wraps his lonely story of a time machine repairman in glittering layers of gorgeous meta-science-fiction. More Info |
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Science Fiction Chronicle Science fiction by Karen Lord, Ian McDonald, Karin Lowachee and Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud. More Info |
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Words Cannot Express Guy Deutscher’s argument about the basis of language is informed by the way we perceive and name colors. More Info |
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Ghost, Come Back Again Paul Murray’s smart comic novel, set in a Dublin boys’ school, is an elegy to lost youth. More Info |
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Endless War Andrew J. Bacevich forcefully denounces 60 years of American militarism in this bracing and intelligent polemic. More Info |
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Immortal Beloved A man loses his wife to death but finds her somewhere else in this debut novel. More Info |
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Letters: Another Point of Interest Letter in response to Joe Queenan’s essay “Postcards From My Staycation.” More Info |
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Letters: Its Own Intrinsic Beauty Letter in response to Steven Heller’s discussion in his Visuals column of “The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid,” by Oliver Byrne. More Info |
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Letters: Gettysburg Grammar Letter in response to Ammon Shea’s review of “The Glamour of Grammar.” More Info |
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Letters: Before the Glory Years “I am 97 years old, and as I read the review of “Morning Miracle” (Aug. 22), about the struggle to keep The Washington Post alive, I was reminded of the summer of l932.” More Info |
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Hardcover Fiction Top 5 at a Glance 1. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson 2. THE POSTCARD KILLERS, by James Patterson and Liza Marklund 3. SPIDER BONES, by Kathy Reichs 4. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett 5. BEARERS OF THE BLACK STAFF (LEGENDS OF SHANNARA), by Terry Brooks More Info |
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Hardcover Nonfiction Top 5 at a Glance 1. CRIMES AGAINST LIBERTY, by David Limbaugh 2. _____ MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern 3. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell 4. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot 5. EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, by S. C. Gwynne More Info |
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Paperback Trade Fiction Top 5 at a Glance 1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson 2. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson 3. LITTLE BEE, by Chris Cleave 4. CUTTING FOR STONE, by Abraham Verghese 5. FORD COUNTY, by John Grisham More Info |
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Paperback Mass-Market Fiction Top 5 at a Glance 1. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson 2. FORD COUNTY, by John Grisham 3. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, by Stieg Larsson 4. TRUE BLUE, by David Baldacci 5. DEMON FROM THE DARK, by Kresley Cole More Info |
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Paperback Nonfiction Top 5 at a Glance 1. EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert 2. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin 3. WHERE MEN WIN GLORY, by Jon Krakauer 4. THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls 5. MY HORIZONTAL LIFE, by Chelsea Handler More Info |
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Hardcover Advice Top 5 at a Glance 1. THE POWER, by Rhonda Byrne 2. WOMEN FOOD AND GOD, by Geneen Roth 3. DELIVERING HAPPINESS, by Tony Hsieh 4. THE CARB LOVERS DIET, by Ellen Kunes and Frances Largeman-Roth 5. THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne More Info |
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Paperback Advice Top 5 at a Glance 1. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman 2. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel 3. THE BELLY FAT CURE, by Jorge Cruise 4. RADICAL, by David Platt 5. FOOD RULES, by Michael Pollan More Info |
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Children's Books Top 5 at a Glance 1. LEGO STAR WARS, by Simon Beecroft 2. HEADS, written and illustrated by Matthew Van Fleet 3. IT'S A BOOK, written and illustrated by Lane Smith 4. STAR WARS, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder 5. HOW ROCKET LEARNED TO READ, written and illustrated by Tad Hills More Info |
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Graphic Books Top 5 at a Glance 1. THE ADVENTURES OF OOK AND GLUK, by George Beard and Harold Hutchins 2. LOCKE AND KEY: CROWN OF SHADOWS, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez 3. DARK TOWER: THE BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL, by Peter David, Robin Furth and Jae Lee 4. KICK-ASS, by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. 5. BLACKEST NIGHT, by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis More Info |
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Essay: The End of Tenure? Two recent books resurrect the debate over universities and the supposedly pampered people who teach there. More Info |
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Crime: My Flesh Is Your Canvas Mystery novels by Sara Paretsky, Charles Todd, Jeff Lindsay and Susan Hill. More Info |
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Archive: Book Review Podcast Featuring Darin Strauss on his memoir, “Half a Life”; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; Jennifer Egan discusses her review of Tom McCarthy’s new novel, “C” and more. More Info |
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Up Front: Ander Monson No one medium can contain Ander Monson. Luckily, we live in an age when no one medium needs to. More Info |
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TBR: Inside the List This week’s hardcover fiction list offers plenty of armchair travel to exotic locales, including Eliza Griswold’s “Tenth Parallel.” More Info |
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The New York Times Book Review: Back Issues Complete contents of the Book Review since 1997. More Info |